HOW TO KNOW YOURSELF.

Have you ever wondered who you are? If you ask someone who he or she is, they will answer you with their names. You might be thinking that as you read this article. We are not our names or our bodies.. We are spiritual beings with big reservoirs of talent and ability. This article will help you to know who you are. But first let’s see what the benefits are.
Benefits of knowing ourselves
These are some benefits of knowing yourself.;
Happiness – knowing who you are will make you happier to express yourself. This in turn will make you get what you want
Less inner conflict - knowing yourself creates a balance between your actions and inner feelings thus reducing inner conflict
Better decision making – knowing yourself makes it easier to make decisions. It gives you guidance that can be applied to solve various problems.
Self control – it helps us to understand what motivates us thus we can resist bad habits & in turn developed good habits. It also gives us an insight to know which goals to activate willpower.
Resistance to social pressure – knowing ourselves gets us more grounded in our preferences and values thus making us more firm when saying “no”.
Ways to know yourself better
Start a daily Journaling habit
Spend ten minutes to an hour writing your journal entry. You will be providing a playing field for all your messy – connected thoughts. This also creates a safe place to vent.
Start a daily meditation habit
Spend at least ten minutes a day in quiet meditation. This helps both make you grounded and make you more respective of your inner voice. It strengthens your connection to your heart.
Spice up your bucket list
Keep a bucket list & add things that scare you at least a little. Do something that makes you feel out of your element.
Learn a new skill
Do things that make you feel more awake than you did 5 minutes ago. It could be coding, crocheting etc. Think of what you would like your first project to be and learn what you need to get closer to it.
Spend time alone
This helps in listening to your inner voice
Express the real you
This will bring you peace and meaningful relationships
Take responsibility for your life
This includes accepting your failures and find ways to improve and correct them
This also means not blaming anyone for your failures
Focus on your interests
This will make you feel more confident and happy as you are doing what you like. This could be hobbies like hiking cooking or even reading.
Steps to know yourself
Know your personality
This can be achieved by :
Listing 10 traits that define you
Listing 10 words that others choose to describe you
Which role do you play in your friends group
How would a stranger see you
What do you want others to think about you.
Get to know your core values
One can achieve this by :
Write down the eight values that guide you
Write down your beliefs
Think about when they developed
Identify your strengths and weaknesses
This can be achieved by ;
• Conducting an inventory of your strengths and weaknesses
• Think about what you like about yourself
• Work of aspects of your character
Have a vision and mission in life
This can be achieved by ;
 Thinking about what legacy you want to leave
 Knowing what you want, the life you want to live in the future
It’s important to know that your life’s mission does not have to be something dramatic.
Question your automatic thoughts
This thoughts can make one question everything they know. They are mostly by other people’s views about you. This can be Chang ed by :
 Having a higher self awareness
 Redirecting your mind to more realistic thoughts
 Take a breath and challenge this thoughts
In conclusion it’s very vital to know our selves in order to make our lives easier and make decisions more easily. This are the main parts that determine who we are
1) Attitudew
This is a mentality towards a certain object, content or person. They are changed by experience. It’s important to have a positive attitude in order to attract more of the positive impact.
2) Beliefs
This are ideas that are passed down to you based on past experiences and convictions that are not necessarily based on logic. They are not easy to change.. They control most of your life.
3) Values
They are what we consider bad or good. They are centered on your self image and make us who we are. If you want great results then you need to change your self image.
You can be and do what you would like.. Most successful people have a higher level of awareness that assists them when they are setting goals and understand themselves well. It is also vital that you stop blaming everything else but your self. You are the only one to blame for your failures.. Journaling can shift your focus and help you see things from a different perspective.. Your life can change just by thinking differently.. If you do things in a certain way you can achieve success and you will live the life of your dreams. Be yourself this will show every one that you know who and where you want to go. Utilize your subconscious mind and it will be a habit that sticks. Gratitude And virtualization are very powerful processes and they are assist you to get to the frequency of your goals and your success. Be grateful for each day and you can attract what you want. Its all about how we spend our days and it’s important to spend time wisely. We should also pay attention to what we think. Our thoughts are very powerful objects. If we want to change our results we should start by change ourselves….. We are a product of our thoughts.